Arab world raging following reports that Mohsen Sharif praised Israeli prime minister during performance in Eilat. While Facebook groups urge government to revoke his citizenship, singer says has 'no idea who Netanyahu is'

Published: 08.06.10

Did Tunisian singer Mohsen Sharif praise none other than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? A clip posted on the Web in recent days shows Sharif trying to encourage his audience during one of his concerts by shouting, "Long live (Tunisian President) Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, long live Bibi Netanyahu! Long live Bibi!"

According to Tunisian newspaper al-Sabah, Sharif made the remark while performing in front of a Jewish audience during a visit to the Israeli resort town of Eilat. The newspaper reported that the singer called on the audience to visit the city of Djerba, which has a small Jewish community, for a celebration held in the

Posted Aug-13-2010 By

reverv

it's saddening to see how so many nations still do not recognize the fact Israel exists. Not only that but from this quote "We sing for the resistance in Palestine, Iraq and other Arab countries, against the Zionists and the Americans" there are those who are calling for Iraq to defeat the americans. i may not be for the iraq war but I'm not singing for iraqi insurgancy. The calls for censorship over democracy reminds me of certain xenophobic movements in the US. sigh

Posted Aug-13-2010 By

aydeo

Posted Aug-14-2010 By

missguidedcumshot

Iraq is only one example for what you prefer to ignore - after king faisel death in 1933 a harsh descrimination begun against the jews and many of them lost their jobs.
when WWII started there also was a nazi propaganda against the jews, and the peak was in the anti-jewish riots of 1941, during the iraqi rebelion against the british and in favour of the germans.
these riots are known as the "farhud", and during them taking place 180 jews were kiMore..lled, 2120 were injured and about 50,000 had their property stolen.

before the riots there were slogans painted on the walls of bagdad which told about how hitler "is wiping out the jerms (jews) in europe)" and the word "muslim" was painted over the muslim shops, so they wont be damaged during the riots.

during the riots synagoges were benn torched and women were raped.
there was even one testimony of a woman carrying a foot of a baby, which had a golden braclent on it.Less..